Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
LocxL news.

GAL NEW S.
Dodge City will soon razzoop.
The corn crop promises big this season
!. The beautiful Arkansas river contin-
ues to rage.
The corn grows during the rainy, hot
and sultry weather
The Wichita & Western Railroad is
completed to Greensburg
The current question is, what are you
sgoing to do ON the fourth of July.
Mrs. Chas. H. Martin left last week,
for Des. Moines, Iowa, her former home,
and will remain short time
Mr.. Geo. S. Emerson and wife left
Tuesday evening with the excursion
party to La Veta, Colorado
Il X. w. Rodgers, of Wilburn township
>. is enthusiastic over his crop prospects
His oats crops will be immense.
The Dodge City Hose Companies will
90 to Newton on the Fourth of July to
compete for the State championship.
The York Draper Mercantile Co. have
new advertisement i'm this issue The
new manager is well posted business
man.
In a short time the TINES block will be
of solid brick. This is only the Inaugural
tisnof agcneral building boom all over
the city. "a <g
An extensive addition will be built to
the Presbyterian church, which will make
it one of the largest places of worship in
the city
We are informed that there is to be a
picnic on the evening of the 4th of July
at the Meyers place. on Sawlog, 10 miles
north of town.
The Merchants State Bank issue
large advertisement this week This
bank is doing large business, which is
constantly growing.
y Collar has received car load of blue
grass sod from Wisconsin. He will put
the sod on his residence grounds i'm the
west part of city.
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= Editor Baxter, of the Ford Gazette,
called Tuesday. Mr.. Mr.. Baxter is the
best kicker we know of, and if he doesn't
succeed it will not he his fault.
= The Youth Christian Association will
give an ice cream social on Thursday eve
ming. June 10, at the residence of Mrs. w.
II. Howard, on Bridge street
Several of our citizens are taking add
vantage of the cheap excursion rates, to
visit some Of the towns that are endeavor
lug to get up bOOms in Colorado.
We have two cigar manufactures here
: now In addition to the one lately es-
tablished by Messrs Galland & Doer, an
other has been started by two Wichita
gentlemen, Messrs McGee & johnson.
Work has begun on Vancil & Melon
aids new brick west of the TIMES office
Men are at work excavating the cellar,
and the brick and stone work will begin
Immediately.
The Santa Fe track is laid to within
five or six miles of Greensburg and the
work is being pushed rapidly westward.
1t is thought that the line will be COM
plcted to Greensburg by the 18th, inst
Mullenville Mallet
Cimarron is to have water works, SINH
lsr%o those in use in Dodge City d.
eAitehcii & Co., of Dodge City, have re-
sccived the franchise The company is
composed of ID. Mitchell James Langton
and w. G. Sherlock.
The Langton Hardware Company are
busy moving their large stock of goods
into the temporary building erected for
the purpose, preparatory to building their
mammoth corner brick which will be
completed as soon as possible.
The advertisement of the New West
Hotel, -Cimarrun, Kansas, appears in this
issne.s The cat is a picture of the sur
rosndings-the beautiful Eureka Irrigat-
ing Canal showing up nicely. The New
West is becoming summer resort
The two immense water boilers for the
electric light works have been placed in
position. A force of hands was engaged
several days in moving them from the
depot to their places in the building. Each
boiler weighs eight tons and half.
The enterprising firm of Finley &
Milton, of the Pioneer Loan & Trust Co..
have moved into the building on Front
street, until recently, occupied by the ST.